Improved washing-machine



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FRANK D. PARADIS, o

r CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent N. 88,201, dated Ma/rch 23, 1869.

IIMPROVED WASHING-MACHIE.

The Schedule xefened to :in these Letters Patent and making part o! thevsame.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, FRANK D. PARADIS, of the city of Chicago, in thecounty of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specication,in which-- Figure 1 is a top view of my device Figure 2, a side view.

Figure 3, a rear-end view.

Figures 4 and 5, details of the irons H.

The object of my invention is to construct a cheap and efficient deviceto be used iu washing clothes, which placed on atub.

{can be used with an ordinary tub, as a receptacle for the water andclothes, and easily detachable therefrom.

4 To enable others skilled inthe ait to make and use my'iuventiou, Iproceed to describe its construction and operation.

A A represent two strips of wood, eac about two feet long, from two tothree inches wide, and from one and a half to two inches. thick, andplaced about twelve inches apart, the size and relative positiondepending somewhat on the size of the tub with which the device isfto beused.

fB is a piece of board, about eight inches wide, placed between' the twostrips A A, and somewhat inclined, as seen in lig. 2, and so located astoY leave a suiicient Ispace between it and the side of the tub T, forthe clothes to pass through. This board may be permaf men'tly connectedto A A, or may be so arrangedarid connected as to be removable.

C is a piece of zinc, one end of which is vsecured to the inner edge ofB, and the opposite end issecured to a round piece, g and i, which issupported by springs c c, connected at one end to the roller i, and atthe other end to the strips A A. This zinc C is bent down under thecylinder E, as shown in fig. 2, and the'springs c c allow it to yield asmay be necessary in use.

D is aboard secured to the top of the pieces A, over the zinc C. Itserves the purpose of strengthening the device, keeping the strips A Ain their proper position, and it affords a convenient place to lay theclotheswhen taken out, after having been ru-n through the machine.

Eis a corrugatedcylinder of wood, about six or seven inches in diameter;it maybe solid or hollow. As shown, the corrugations are somewhatwinding. Thecylinder should, for durability, be covered with zinc fittedto the corrugationsl F and G are gear-wheels, for operating the machine.F maybe about nine or ten inches in diameter, andG about six inches indiameter. The former runs on a pin secured to the board D, or to thepiece f. The latter is secured in the usual manner upon a pin connectedwith the'cylinder, and running in the bearing e.

d is a pin inserted in F, and used for turning the same.

vH represents au iron attached to each end of the strips A, for thepurpose of supporting the device upon the tub T.

The ends of A are cut bevelling, so as to it the tub, and the irons Hare so formed as tot'the ends of A. They may be permanently secured,voreach iron may have a slot, h, and be secured to the strips A by means ofa set-screw, g. When so made, the same machine can be used upon tubs ofdifferent sizes.

The board B may have a place, a, at one end, for holding soap, and theother'end b may be made like a wash-board, and covered with zinc, uponwhich those parts of the clothes, which may not be thoroughly cleaned inthe machine, may be rubbed with the hands.

The device should be so constructed and arranged, that when in use, thelower portion of the cylinder E will be constantly in the water.

In use, my device is to be placed over, and in and upon, an ordinarywash-tub, having water enough to partially cover the cylinder E. Thearticle to be washed is to be laid 'uponv the zinc C, so as to be drawnunder the cylinder when put in motion.

Thel operator can, with one hand, turn the machine, and with the other,hold the article be'ing washed, to prevent it from being drawn toorapidly under the cylinder; and, being so held, each and every part ofsuch article can be subjected to the action of the cylinder as long asmay be desired, the suds being forced rapidly and continuously throughthe cloth, the same being at the same time rubbed, and pressed betweenthe cyliuder and zinc sheet C.

When the article has been sufficiently rubbed, it may be permitted topass through the machine, or may be withdrawn-from the front, at thesaine time keeping the cylinder in motion, aud thus, wl1en withdrawn,but little water will remain in the clothes.

Several small pieces may be run through at the same time.

I do not confine myself to the form of gearing described.Y

Washiug-rnachines, as usually constructed, are handled with diiiiculty,occupy considerable room, and in summer are liable to become leaky. atesthese' objections, and has other manifest advantages.

t:`[aving thus fully described my invention,

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is asfollows:

The bars, or pieces A, supporting-irons H, cylinder E, zinc sheet C,springs c, and gear-wheels F G, when combined, and arranged, andconstructed, and operating substantially as and for thepurposes specied.

' FRANK D. PARADIS.

Witnesses:

E. B. SHERMAN, E. A. WEST.

